JP2000003266A - Input screen composing method and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily form a screen consisting of the UI(user interface) definition information that is previously defined and the processing result obtained from a data processing part by using the acquired data and the UI definition information stored in a UI definition part. SOLUTION: A main body part 12 forms an input/output screen 11 of an information system based on the information that is defined at a UI definition part 13 and then receives the information from the screen 11. A function parts group 14 independently processes the tagged information stored in a file, tags the output information and writes a prescribed output file to transfer it to the part 12. The part 12 receives the output file and carries out the processes including display of the file, etc. Then the part 12 acquires the processing result from a data processing part and forms a screen based on the acquired data and the UI definition information that is stored in the part 13. Thus, it is possible to easily compose a screen consisting of the UI definition information and the processing result of the data processing part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a construction method in an interactive information system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional information system construction method, there is, for example, a method described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-219296. In this conventional information system construction method, a business program and a screen image, a screen transition,
A screen image definition body defining the check / guidance of the fields constituting the screen and information extracted from the screen image definition body, screen construction is performed, and input information and selection information input from the screen are notified to the business program. Components, and the business program is configured to realize an information system for business processing by the screen image definition body and the unique components.

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However, in the above-described method, since the business program is composed of one program and the business program calls a unique component, the business program is changed when the function is extended. And
Since recompilation is required, there is a problem that the information system must be constructed, maintained, and managed for each user who uses a slightly different information system.

In view of the above, the present invention divides a business program into single-function functional components, describes a start instruction of a functional component corresponding to a user's input in a UI definition unit that defines a user interface, and executes the user interface. The main body, which constructs and executes the functional component, changes the input information of the user to the protocol information, passes the protocol information to the functional component, and activates the functional component. After the activated functional component processes the protocol information, it passes the output protocol information to the main unit, and the main unit performs processing such as display, thereby adding the functional component to the U.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information system in which functions have been added without modifying and recompiling a developed functional component only by rewriting the I definition part.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides one type of functional component that receives input information consisting of protocol information, and after performing its own processing, discharges output information consisting of protocol information. U that describes the existing functional component group, screen image, screen transition, check / guidance of fields configuring the screen, and start instruction of functional component
I definition part and information of the UI definition part are read to compose a screen, screen transition is performed, information input / selected from the screen is received and changed to convention information, and the information of the functional component indicated in the UI definition part is changed. This is an information system construction method that includes a main unit that passes the protocol information to a functional component according to a start command and starts the functional component.

According to the present invention, the main body constitutes an input / output screen of the information system according to the information defined in the UI definition section, and the main body accepts input information from the screen. When the information for starting the functional component is input from the input / output screen, the main unit performs U of the input information.
The information defined as the information to be delivered to the functional component in the I definition unit is changed to the protocol information, and the protocol information is delivered to the functional component and the functional component is executed. The functional component processes the convention information and turns the output information into the convention information and passes it to the main body.
The main body receives the rule information output by the functional component and performs processing such as display.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an information system construction system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1
1 is an input / output screen for inputting / outputting information, 131 is field definition information describing field check / guidance, which is one item for inputting or displaying information,
132 is screen definition information defining a screen image of a screen composed of fields, 133 is button definition information describing a screen transition and a functional component activation command, 134 is menu definition information describing a configuration of a screen of the information system, 13
Is a UI definition section composed of field definition information 131, screen definition information 132, button definition information 133, and menu definition information 134, and 121 manages the correspondence between fields and tags, which are headings indicating the contents of information. The field / tag correspondence information 12 reads the information of the UI definition unit 13, configures the screen, performs screen transition, receives information input / selected from the input / output screen 11, and converts the received information into field / tag information. Refer to the tag correspondence information, change to the tagged information that is the convention information, write the tagged information to a predetermined file input.dat, and follow the start instruction of the functional component indicated in the UI definition section. 141 is a main unit for starting by passing convention information to a functional component, and 141 is an insert component for inserting tagged information in input.dat into a database. Reference numeral 142 denotes a deletion component for deleting information matching the condition indicated by the tagged information in input.dat from the database, and reference numeral 143 denotes searching the database for information matching the condition indicated by the tagged information in input.dat. Update component 144, a search component for searching the database for information that matches the conditions indicated by the tagged information in input.dat, and 145 printout the tagged information in input.dat to the printer. Output parts,
Reference numeral 14 denotes an inserted component 141, a deleted component 142, and an updated component 14.
3 is a functional component group including a search component 144, a search component 144, and an output component 145.

The operation of the system of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. (Step 201) The main body unit 12 has the menu definition information 13
4, field definition information 131, screen definition information 132, and button definition information 133. (Step 202) If the main body 12 is the menu definition information 13
4 and the screen definition information 133, the input / output screen 11 is displayed. (Step 203) The main unit 12 accepts a user input. (Step 204) The main unit 12 determines whether the input from the user is input information to the field. If the body unit 12 determines that the input from the user is the input information to the field,
The process proceeds to step 204, and the main unit 12 proceeds to step 206 if the input from the user is not the input information to the field. (Step 205) The main unit 12 displays information input to the field in the field. Return to step 203. (Step 206) The main unit 12 determines whether or not the input from the user is information on a button for executing a functional component. If it is the button information, the process goes to step 207. If it is not the button information, the process returns to step 203. (Step 207) The main unit 12 converts the information in the field described in the button definition information 133 in which the button A corresponding to the information input by the user is defined into the length and the type defined in the field definition information 131. Check if it suits. (Step 208) If the length and the type defined in the field definition information 131 match, the procedure goes to Step 209. If not, the procedure goes to Step 214. (Step 209) The main unit 12 extracts necessary information described in the button definition information 133 in which the button A corresponding to the information input by the user is defined from the field, and sets the information as a tagged information in a predetermined file ( in
dut.dat). (Step 210) The main unit 12 executes the functional component A executed by the button A using the input.dat file as an argument. The execution of the functional component A by the button A is defined in the button definition information 133. (Step 211) The functional component A processes the tagged information in input.dat. (Step 212) The functional component A writes the processing result of step 211 to a predetermined file (result.dat). (Step 213) The main body 12 outputs the functional component A
Display the result in result.dat. (Step 214) The main unit 12 displays a field input error on the input / output screen 11.

[0009] For example, the main body unit 12 has menu definition information 134 shown in FIG. 5 and field definition information 131 shown in FIG.
When the main unit 12 reads the screen definition information 132 shown in FIG. 7 and the button definition information shown in FIG. 8, the main unit 12 constructs a “personal management system” with a <mainMenu> tag of the menu definition information 134. The “personal management system” is composed of “address” and “family” subsystems with <subMenu> tags. For example, the “address” subsystem is composed of “address form” with <form> tags. As shown in FIG. 7, the “address form” includes a field with a <field> tag and a <
It consists of a comment with a <heading> tag and a button with a <button> tag. <V><\v> and <h><\h> in FIG. 7 represent the arrangement of fields and comments. In the “personal management system” constructed as described above, when the user presses the output button after inputting the information shown in FIG. 9 in the field, the main body stores the field information in the input.dat shown in FIG.
Functional parts (printout parts) with a file as an argument
The printout component prints out the field input information written in the input.dat file as shown in FIG. 11 and writes the result in result.dat as shown in FIG. The main body unit 12 reads the button definition information 133 of FIG. 8 before starting the output component, and reads the “name field”, “age field”, and “address” indicated by the <getField> tag of the “address form” indicated by the <getForm> tag. Field "," TE
The information of "L field" is tagged, and inp shown in FIG.
Write to ut.dat, input.dat file as an argument and <ex
Executes the "insert" command with the ecCommand> tag, and displays the message "Data is being inserted now" with the <message> tag during execution. "Ins
After the “ert” command is executed, an operation of “display result form 1” with an <afterService> tag is performed. Before writing information of each field to input.dat, the main body unit 12 checks whether the data type and length described in the field definition information 131 in FIG. 6 match, and displays an error message if it does not match. I do. When the user presses the insert button after inputting the information shown in FIG.
Executes the insert part 141 with the input.dat file shown in FIG. 10 as an argument, inserts the information of the input.dat file into the database, and writes the result to result.dat as shown in FIG. The main body displays the result as shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the main body 1
2 configures the input / output screen 11 of the information system according to the information defined in the UI definition unit 13, and the main unit 12 receives information from the input / output screen 11. When information for starting a functional component is input from the input / output screen 11, information defined as information to be transferred to the functional component by the UI definition unit 13 out of the input information is tagged in a predetermined structure. Then, the tagged information is written into a predetermined file, and the file is delivered to the functional component to execute the functional component. The functional component independently processes the tagged information in the file, tags the output information, writes the output information in a predetermined output file, and transfers the output file to the main body unit 12. The main unit 12 receives the output file and performs processing such as display.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The main unit configures an input / output screen of the information system according to the information defined in the UI definition unit, and the main unit receives information from the input / output screen. When the information for starting the functional component is input from the input / output screen, the information defined as the information to be transferred to the functional component in the UI definition unit among the input information is set as the protocol information, and the protocol information is added to the functional component. And execute the functional component. The functional component independently processes the rule information, converts the output information into rule information, and passes it to the main unit. The main unit has a structure that receives and outputs information about the rules output by the functional components, and performs processing such as display, so that the screen definition and control can be easily changed when building an information system, and the developed Since it is not necessary to correct and recompile the functional components, the function can be easily extended and the maintenance management can be simplified, and the practical effect is great.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information system construction method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an information system construction method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 2 showing an operation of the information system construction method in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 3 showing an operation of the information system construction method in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing menu definition information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing field definition information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing screen definition information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing button definition information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an input screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of contract information that a main unit delivers to a functional component in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of printout of one output component of a functional component in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result output of one output component of a functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result output of one inserted component of the functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a result display of a main body after contract information processing of one inserted component of a functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 I / O screen 12 Main unit 121 Field / tag correspondence information 13 UI definition unit 131 Field definition information 132 Screen definition information 133 Button definition information 134 Menu definition information 14 Functional component group 141 Inserted component 142 Deleted component 143 Update component 144 Search component 145 Output parts

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[Submission date] June 18, 1999 (1999.6.1
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an input screen construction method and an input screen for constructing an interactive information system.
The present invention relates to a construction apparatus .

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2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the customization of an input screen has been improved.
Information for building input screens as a technology for
A body that reads certain UI definition information and builds an input screen
And data to process data input from the input screen
A user who builds an information system by completely separating the processing unit
Technology called Interface Management System (UIMS)
was there.

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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, the conventional
In technology, screen display using the processing result of the data processing unit
Between the input screen and the data processing unit
Application development with frequent data exchange
Division that was difficult and took a lot of development man-hours
There was a title. In other words, a screen that uses the data processing results
To output, for example, a screen
Work such as creating a program for display
Met.

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The present invention has been defined in advance in view of the above points.
UI definition information and the processing result in the data processing unit
The purpose is to easily construct a screen .

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According to the present invention, in order to attain the above object, a main unit comprises a data processing unit.
Results are obtained and stored in the UI definition part together with the obtained data.
Characteristically constructs a screen from UI definition information
An input screen construction method and an input screen construction device.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an information system construction method according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 11 denotes an input / output screen for inputting / outputting information; 131, field definition information describing field check / guidance, which is one item for inputting or displaying information; 132, a screen composed of fields 133 is button definition information describing a screen transition and a functional component activation command, 134 is menu definition information describing the configuration of a screen of the information system, 13 is field definition information 131 and a screen. Definition information 1
32, button definition information 133, and menu definition information 134
A field / tag correspondence information 121 for managing a correspondence between a field and a tag which is a heading indicating the content of the information; 12 a UI definition unit 13
, Read the information, compose a screen, perform a screen transition, receive information input / selected from the input / output screen 11, and refer to the received information by referring to the field / tag correspondence information to determine a tag which is the protocol information. It changes to the attached information, writes the tagged information to a predetermined file input.dat, and passes the protocol information to the functional component according to the activation instruction of the functional component indicated in the UI definition unit, and starts the functional component. 141 is an insertion part for inserting tagged information in input.dat into a database, 142 is input.da
The deletion component 143 deletes information matching the condition indicated by the tagged information in t from the database. The information retrieval unit 143 searches the database for information matching the condition indicated by the tagged information in input.dat and updates the information. Update part, 144 is input.da
A search component for searching the database for information matching the conditions indicated by the tagged information in t, 145 is an output component for printing out the tagged information in input.dat to the printer, 14 is an insertion component 141 and is deleted. This is a functional component group including a component 142, an update component 143, a search component 144, and an output component 145.

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As described above, according to the present embodiment , the main unit 12 configures the input / output screen 11 of the information system according to the information defined in the UI definition unit 13, and the main unit 12 Accept the information of. When information for starting the functional component is input from the input / output screen 11,
Information defined as information to be transferred to the functional component in the input information is tagged in a predetermined structure, and the tagged information is written to a predetermined file. Then, the file is delivered to the functional component and the functional component is executed. Functional parts are
The tagged information in the file is independently processed, the output information is tagged, written to a predetermined output file, and passed to the main unit 12. The main unit 12 receives the output file and performs processing such as display.

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As described above, according to the present invention,
The main unit acquires the data processing result of the data processing unit,
Acquired data and UI definition information stored in UI definition section
UI definition information and data by constructing a screen from
It is easy to build a screen that matches the processing results in the processing unit.
Can be. For that purpose, the main unit that constructs the input screen and
An information system separated by a data processing unit that processes data
System (UIMS), between the main unit and the data processing unit
Frequent data exchange Application development
And the practical effect is great.

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FIG. 1 shows an input screen construction method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Configuration diagram of the input screen construction device

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, which is a continuation of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart continued from FIG. 3 showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing menu definition information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing field definition information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing screen definition information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing button definition information in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an input screen according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of rule information transferred by the main unit to the functional component in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of printout of one output component of a functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result output of one output component of a functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a result output of one insertion component of the functional component according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a result display of the main body after the contract information processing of one of the functional components according to the embodiment of the present invention;

[Description of Signs] 11 Input / output screen 12 Main unit 121 Field / tag correspondence information 13 UI definition unit 131 Field definition information 132 Screen definition information 133 Button definition information 134 Menu definition information 14 Functional component group 141 Inserted component 142 Deleted component 143 Update Parts 144 Search parts 145 Output parts

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. U which is information for constructing an input screen
A UI definition unit that stores the I definition information, a main unit that reads the UI definition information to construct an input screen, and a data processing unit that is separated from the main unit and processes data input from the input screen. An input screen construction method in an information system having a unit, wherein the main unit acquires a data processing result of the data processing unit, and constructs a screen from the acquired data and UI definition information stored in the UI definition unit. An input screen construction method characterized by: 2. U which is information for constructing an input screen
An input screen construction apparatus having a UI definition section for storing I definition information and a main body section for reading the UI definition information and constructing an input screen; and wherein the input screen construction apparatus is separated and input from the input screen. An input screen construction device in an information system having a data processing device that processes the obtained data, wherein the main unit acquires a data processing result of the data processing device, and the acquired data is stored in the UI definition unit. An input screen construction apparatus for constructing a screen from the UI definition information.